The United States is full of cars. There are still many families without cars, but some families have two or more. However, cars are used for more than pleasure. They are a necessary part of life.

Cars are used for business. They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no other way to get to their jobs. When salesmen are sent to different parts of the city, they have to drive in order to carry their products. Farmers have to drive into the city in order to get supplies.

Sometimes small children must be driven to school. In some cities school buses are used only when children live more than a mile away from the school. When the children are too young to walk too far, their mothers take turns driving them to school. One mother drives on Mondays taking her own children and the neighbors' as well. Another mother drives on Tuesdays, another on Wednesday, and so on. This is called forming a car pool. Men also form car pools, with three or four men taking turns driving to the place where they all work.

More car pools should be formed in order to put fewer cars on the road and use less gas. Too many cars are being driven. Something will have to be done about the use of cars.

The United States is filled with cars, but             .

       A. not every family has a car       B. few families have two cars or even more

       C. every American has a car      D. every family has a car

What's the main idea of the second paragraph?

       A. Workers drive cars to offices and factories   B. Salesmen drive to carry their products.

       C. Farmers drive into cities to get supplies.     D. Cars are widely used.

Which statement is true according to the third paragraph?

       A. Small children are driven to school. 

B. All children go to school by bus in some cities.

       C. Mothers drive their children who can't walk to school. 

D. School buses pick up all children.

Mothers form car pools in order that             .

       A. they can drive to school   

B. they can take turns driving their children to school

       C. they reach school quickly  

D. they can drive their children to school in time

The traffic in and around cities is a great problem because              .

       A. too many cars are being driven       B. there are too many car pools

       C. people put fewer cars on the roads   D. there is less gas

In a country that defines itself by ideals, not by shared blood, who should be allowed to come to work and live here? In the wake of the Sept.11 attacks these questions have never seemed more pressing.

    On Dec.11, 2001, as part of the effort to increase homeland security, federal and local authorities in 14 states staged “Operation Safe Travel”---raids on airports to arrest employees with false identification.In Salt Lake City there were 69 arrests.But those captures were anything but terrorists, most of them illegal immigrants from Central or South America.Authorities said the undocumented workers’ illegal status made them open to blackmail(讹诈)by terrorists.

     Many immigrants in Salt Lake City were angered by the arrests and said they felt as if they were being treated like disposable goods.Mayor Anderson said those feelings were justified to a certain extent.“We’re saying we want you to work in these places, we’re going to look the other way in terms of what our laws are, and then when it’s convenient for us, or when we can try to make a point in terms of national security, especially after Sept.11, then you’re disposable.They are whole families being uprooted for all of the wrong reasons,” Anderson said.

     If Sept.11 had never happened, the airport workers would not have been arrested and could have gone on quietly living in America, probably indefinitely.Ana Castro, a manager at a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream shop at the airport had been working 10 years with the same false Social Security card when she was arrested in the December airport raid.Now she and her family are living under the threat of deportation(驱逐出境).Castro’s case is currently waiting to be settled.While she awaits the outcome, the government has granted her permission to work here and she has returned to her job at Ben & Jerry’s.

How did the immigrants in Salt Lake City feel about “Operation Safe Travel”?

     A.Guilty         B.Offended            C.Disappointed         D.Discouraged

Undocumented workers became the target of “Operation Safe Travel” because ____.

     A.evidence was found that they were potential terrorists

     B.most of them worked at airports under threat of terrorists

     C.terrorists might take advantage of their illegal status

     D.they were reportedly helping hide terrorists around the airport

By saying “…we’re going to look the other way in terms of what our laws are”, Mayor Anderson means “______”.

     A.there are other ways of enforcing the law

     B.we will examine the laws in a different way

     C.we will turn a blind eye to your illegal status

     D.the existing laws must not be ignored

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